Wire-stretcher



(No Model.)

S. J. MGDONALD.

, WIRE STBETGHBR.

No. 828,054. Patented July 28, 1885.

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- UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J. MODONALD, OF GALLATIN, MISSOURI.

WIRE-STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,054, dated July 28, 1885.

Application filed August 26, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. McDoNALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gallatin, in the county of Daviess and yState of Missouri, have invented certain new and useA ful Improvements in Vire-Stretchers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to devices for stretching and splicing wire used for wire-fences.

The invention consists in certain details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth in the specification, and pointed out in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of my device, showing the device as used for stretching wire, and Fig. 2 a similar view in which the device is shown as used for splicing` wire.

The device consists ofa frame having a top notched bar, A, and under guide-bar, A. At one end is a hook, G, the opposite end having a clamp, Fl', actuated by pivoted bars F, pivoted aty f, and acting on the principle of the lazytongs. This clamp holds one end of the wire to be spliced or tightened. Between the bars A A is a guide-rod,.B B', actuated by a lever, D, secured thereto, and the paWl-clamps E C, pivotally secured to the lever and rod, as shown in both the iigures. At the outer end of the rod B is a cutter consisting of the bars H H', pivoted to each other,`the outer end of the bars H having shears or cutting portions H and a gripping end, h. Vhen used for stretching wire, a chain, K, is secured to a post, P, and one of its links is secured to a hook, I, which hooks into the hook on bar or rod B,leaving several links hanging loose. The

front gripper is vthen closed on the Wire, and the stretcher isshortened up by the lever D, if the wire is still too loose, the loose end of the chain is fastened to the hookend G of tha slotted bar A A, and the rod run back anl the rear hook fastened in a link farther back on the chain, and the stretcher again shortened up, and so on until the wire is sufficiently tight. In this operation the rear gripper is not used,of course, but hangs loose. -In splicing wire the two ends of the broken Wire are caught in the gripper, one in each-say afoot along the wire. The stretcher is then shortened by the lever motion until the two ends of the broken wire meet,wh en they can be spliced in any well-known or desired manner, such as lapping the ends or using extra splicingwire. The device is easily and quickly used, is light and portable, and does not easily get out of order.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- In a wire-stretching device,the combination, with the slotted bar having serratious on one side, of the pivoted bars and clamp pivotally secured at one end of said bar A, and ahook, G, at the opposite end, the lever D and its pawl, the sliding rod B and its pivoted pawl, and the pivoted bars H H, bars H being provided with gripping and cutting ends, as described, and bars H being secured tothe outer end of the sliding rod, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL J. MODONALD. IVitn esses:

JOHN J. ENGAET,

- T. B. YATEs. 

